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Has anyones vaginia have a different smell after there hysterectomy?

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I had a hysterectomy 4 years ago. Never thought it was a bad thing, I just think my doctor was horrible, and I have not been to a doctor since. My bladder never empties...unless....I move around to make it squish out. The odor everyone talks about on this site, I think this is what they are talking about, is like a bad sweaty smell but worse, and whatever this doctor did, my vagina is wider than after childbirth. It is like I have no wall. Just one big opening, and I have zero feeling down there...NONE. I expressed concerns to him, who has no vagina, and he said I was ok, and it was probably gas causing discomfort. He also said I didn't have tumors, and after my hysterectomy said I had two types....LOVE male doctors....make a girl feel wonderful, don't they? My biggest problem is how to get rid of the smell, make my bladder work, and get my feeling back with no insurance and no money...

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Yes, I personally identify and relate to what you are experiencing. And professionally, HERS has counseled a little over a million women, and I can tell you that your experience is all to common. There are some things that may help you cope with some of these issues. They are too complex to address on this forum. Please feel free to contact me at the HERS Foundation, www.hersfoundation.org. You can fill out the Contact form and you will receive free information via email, and you can request a telephone counseling appointment with me, Nora Coffey. Let them know that the fee is a financial hardship and it will be waived, no questions asked.

It is been extremely disappointing to find that female gynecologists often actually treat women worse than male gynecologists. This is especially concerning since 75% of gynecologists are women.

It may also be helpful to you to watch HERS video "Female Anatomy: the Functions of the Female Organs" at www.hersfoundation.org/anatomy.

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My odor smells like death. It will be like
that abt a month, then stop a while. When it happens, its so embarrassung. Idk what to do. Its really bad after sex. Had hysterectomy 8 mths ago. I do not have weird discharge.
I wish I knew what it is..

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I have the same exact problem. I have everything taken out almost two months ago and just started getting this smell down there that is terrible and I've never had this problem before. It is embarrassing and gross. I really want to know what it is

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Thanks for all the comments they really helped. And also, I learned some more things about my hysterectomy issues of been closed/sutured up alone with understanding the dry and wet times i go through sometime. Thanks!

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Simply because doctors doll out the same ineffective treatments to each woman seeking to address various benign (non-life threatening) conditions pre-hyst does does not make a hysterectomy necessary - it can and does only mean that the treatment was ineffective.
Ineffective treatments and hysterectomy are never in women's best interest or true health care and women should never think of their organs as diseased. A more woman-centered and life-affirming (health affirming) approaches is what is needed.

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Great article and it makes senses. I was unaware that douching is allowed after a hysterectomy. I would like to say that some women must go thru this procedure (hysterectomy) because it's there only hope to a normal pain free life. Believe me when I say I would not have had this operation unless I was desperate. It was the hardest decision of my life considering I was only 32 when I had the procedure. Thankfully I had two children already. My uterus was diseased and my period was only causing me more pain and disease (endometriosis) therefore, some women do not have a choice to keep things "intact". I would have if everything was healthy. I hope people understand the emotional and physical pain women go thru before and after the procedure. It is a very traumatic event and will affect the individual’s well-being for the rest of their life.

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I couldn't agree with you more!! I had mine 2 yrs ago. I started out as a teenager with horrible cramps every month. After having my kids I had my tubes tied and the cramps got worse. I just coped with it for years and years until it started getting so bad I needed to go to er. I had 2 grapefruit sized fibroid tumours, endometriosis and both of my tubes were swollen and full of fluid. My only option was the hysterectomy. I had everything removed but ovaries cuz they are still healthy. Hope they stay that way too!! Having the hysterectomy was the best decision of my life. A women who has never had to deal with this type of pain couldn't possibly understand!!!

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